Paraphrasing former Chief Justice Frankfurter, to suppose that ‘due process of law’ meant one thing when applied to the Rigsby sisters and another to everyone else is too frivolous to require elaborate rejection.
Consequently, I’ll keep this rejection simple.
Due process is best defined in one word-fairness. Throughout the U.S.’s history, its constitutions, statutes and case law have provided standards for fair treatment of citizens by federal, state and local governments. These standards are known as due process. When a person is treated unfairly by the government, including the courts, he is said to have been deprived of or denied due process.
The Relator’s attorneys from the two Missouri law firms disqualified by Judge Senter are due some process, too.
The Due Process Clause requires that judicial proceedings unfold according to the law, rather than according to the judiciary’s contrary opinions.
Justice Frankfurter spoke to that as well – It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.
As we pause to honor those who gave their lives for our freedom, it is only fitting to remember that our freedom was established by a Constitution that provides justice for all.
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How does your feelings on the valued policy statutes square with the fact that many of the “slabbed” peoples who had flood insurance collected both wind and flood payments? I know Judge Senter said they are allowed to collect on both if they have not recieved the replacement cost of the home under one policy but if they insure a house for $100,000 under a wind policy and for $100,000 under a flood policy, should they collect $200,000 since they have paid for $100,000 of coverage? Can a storm destroy a house twice?
Tony, welcome to slabbed. Nowdy has reposted your comment to Louisiana Supreme Court thread where it is in better context.